Note-this program, BadgerCare Plus Core Plan, is very pertinent to UW students coming out of school with poor job prospects.

It is for adults with _no dependents_: A copay of $130 is doable but for some this will be a big financial bite given that to qualify, monthly income has to be at $1,805 for a single person and $2,428.33 for a married couple. So that’s $21,660/yr for a single person–someone earning $10.74/hr or less working 40 hrs/wk would fall in this camp. Earn just over that? You are out of this game. Figure out how to afford health insurance on your own.

I went through the online application for my son – [app. is is very lengthy BTW] – and came out the other end thinking IF my son’s employer gives any sort of crappy healthcare at all, he may be disqualified–so if they offer a thin veneer of health coverage for, let us say $250/mo, it looks like he is refusing his employer’s coverage and he could not get the state’s….Will have put in a call to confirm with a call.

Also-people who are 20 are inclined to feel invincible. I am not 100% sure he’s going to pay a dime for healthcare when he has other expenses and he wants to have $ for fun.

End of story: I would like to see the coverage be a universal automatic fallback for any WI resident who is within the income limitations when there is no employer-linked healthcare enrollment in place. A lot of people will still fall through the cracks.